Improvement in neck-tie shields



UNITED STATES SALOMON H. EISENSTAEDT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 146,173, dated January (i, 1814; application tiled July 17, 1873,

the following is a full, clear, and exact description, which will enable others skilled in the4 art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a rear view of a neck-tie provided with my improved shield; and Fig. 2, a like view, showing the manner of applying the same to use.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts'. My invention rela-tes to that class of neck-ties provided with a shield for the purpose of keeping the tie in its proper form, and to retain it in its proper position on the neck of the wearer.

The object of my invention is to improve the means heretofore employed to adapt neck-ties of this classto he worn with standing collars;

and, to that end, my invention consists in a shield constructed snbstantially as hereinafter described.

In the drawing, A represents a tie of theclass herein referred to. B is. the shield attached to the tie, and provided with an elastic loop. The shield is formed in the manner shown, being slightly bent to conform to the neck, and having its upper and lower edges lying in parallel curves, the central part of the shield being the lowest. A deep notch is also sunken into the upper edge of the shield, near each end, as shown at c c, thus forming the prongs d d.

By making the shield in this manner it is easily concealed by the tie, and, while the central part of the shield laps the front part of the collar, the ends lap the under or inner side thereof, thus retaining the tie firmly in its position.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A neck-tie shield, B, having notches c c and prongs (l d, constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described and shown.

SALOMON H. EISENSTAEDT.

Witnesses:

F. F. WARNER, J. H. MGCAESLAND. 

